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H2 History Prompt Templates

20 templates for Syllabus 9731 — Essay Writing, Source-Based Questions, and exam technique.

Syllabus 9731 at a glance

Paper 1

SBQ

40%

1h 30m

5-6 sources, structured questions

Paper 2

Essays

60%

2h 30m

2 essays from different sections

Topics: Cold War · Decolonisation · Nation-building SE AsiaSBQ: inference, reliability, utility, cross-reference, evaluationEssays: thesis, argument, counter-argument, historiographySingapore context required in multiple topics

Essay Writing Source-Based Questions Exam Technique

H2 History Prompt Templates

Syllabus 9731 at a glance

Essay Writing

Thesis construction — taking a specific historical argument

Paragraph structure — PEEL with historical analysis

Counter-argument and evaluation — avoiding one-sided essays

Historiography — using historians' arguments in essays

Singapore and Southeast Asia context questions

Cold War essays — causation, development, and end

Source-Based Questions

Source inference and message — what does the source suggest?

Source reliability — evaluating purpose and limitations

Cross-referencing sources — agreement and disagreement

'How useful is this source?' — utility vs reliability

Final SBQ evaluation — using all sources together

Provenance analysis — authorship, audience, and context

Exam Technique

H2 History time management — essays vs SBQ

Revision strategy — building historical knowledge for exams